Thomas Lilbourne Anderson

Thomas Lilbourne Anderson (8 December 1808-6 March 1885) was a member of the US House of Representatives from Missouri's 2nd district from 1857 to 1861, succeeding Gilchrist Porter and preceding James Sidney Rollins. He was a member of the US Whig Party.

Biography
Thomas Lilbourne Anderson was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky on 8 December 1808, and he was admitted to the bar in 1828. He moved to Palmyra, Missouri in 1830, and he was elected to the State House of Representatives in 1840, serving until 1844. In 1844, 1848, 1852, and 1856, Anderson served as a presidential elector for the US Whig Party, and he was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1857 as a member of the Know Nothings, winning re-election in 1859 as a member of the Democratic Party. He died in Palmyra in 1885.